I had no idea what this was about...I just picked it upbecause I like the coverand honestly...I liked the title, too.

I imagined it to be about a little girlin a make believe world ofcotton candy, carnival horses anda battle between good and evilwith frogs that turned into princesand mushrooms that made you taller.

But...that's not what it was about.At all.

Which was totally ok!Because what it was about was so fast pacedand terrifying and I couldn't turn the pagesfast enough....

I'm not going to tell you what it's about.

This is not that kind of review.

This is an "I frigging loved this book"kind of review.

Oh. But I will say that I loved Lincoln.I loved how she captured his voiceand all the facets of a mother's love...how it can cover pride and panic and exasperation andworry and fear and gratitude all in any number of breaths...

1. This is how I take a lot of photos...by climbing on the roof of my carbalancing myself on the open door. One of these days, this is not going toend well for me. Because.....

2. I am not that coordinated.

3. Sometimes when something makes me happy and I think no one islooking, I clap my hands...really hard and really fast. Just for a second or two.Sometimes I do it in public without thinking...and that's a little embarrassing.

4. I sing in the car. Loud. To everything. (and bonus fact...I can't sing a note.I sing like I talk...somewhat monotone. Heh.)

and yeah...I love ice cream...like...LOVE ice cream.

5. I didn't get my driver's license until I was 36....but now, I LOVE to drive.I hate when someone else is driving. I just want to drive all the time...and sing really loud.I am not sure that that I am a fun driving companion.

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In all honesty, I struggled a bit with this book.I didn't really like it at the beginning, I found she had afunny way with words that was sort of throwing me off.

I did like it more as I got further into it but,seriously, it was a little too gritty and gruesome for me.

If I had read this when I was younger, I may have been moreenthralled...kind of the same way I was with the story of Charles Mansonand how people...girls...blindly followed himwhereas now, I just get irritated with the whole idea.

All in all, I thought it was good and after I finished it,I did mark it as 4 hearts so I must have liked it butI finished it back in May so I am wondering why my notesdon't seem to match up with my rating. This is what happenswhen I don't blog about it right away. :)